This quickstart describes the preferred method for creating a Bootable OSGeo-Live USB flash drive. Booting from a flash drive is faster than from a DVD, and the USB drive can be configured to store data between sessions (called persistence).

(This is the recommended process for creating a USB. It is applicable to Ubuntu and Ubuntu variants such as OSGeo-Live.)

Note

The version of Ubuntu you are running, needs to be the same or newer than the version of Lubuntu being installed onto your USB. If installing OSGeo-Live 8.0 onto a USB, then you will need to be running Ubuntu 14.04 or newer.

Select the osgeo-live or osgeo-live-mini ISO Image that you downloaded earlier.

Select the USB flash drive. If you have extra room you might adjust the slider to create persistent storage space on the USB drive (recommended). In order for this option to be available you will need an 8+ GB USB flash drive.